In the blink of an eye, it’s exam time.

On the first day, all the written exams were stacked together, time was tight, and each subject’s written test lasted only 50 minutes. After a ten-minute break, the next exam started immediately.

As Rose mentioned, the weight of the written exam content is not high, so only a little time is needed for answering, and the written exam content for ten subjects can be completed in one day.

Even so, as Hilia left the final exam in the evening, she felt her hand was a bit numb.

Looking around, none of her classmates’ hands were not trembling.

Everyone showed a look of final relief.

"This exam is terrifying, can’t we have an extra day?"

"Writing exam papers for 10 hours straight, thank goodness we are mages, otherwise our hands would be useless."

"Luckily the Mage Behavior Code wasn’t at the end, otherwise I’d definitely fail."

"I have a feeling I’ll fail the last three exams."

"May God bless me."

"..."

Upon hearing the discussions from the classmates around her, Hilia finally eased a little.

Anarce approached and asked, "Hilia, how did you do on the exams?"

Hilia replied, "It was okay, I think I should pass."

Anarce expressed concern, "Just passing isn’t enough for you, right? Other candidates are all aiming for full marks."

Hilia smiled and said, "It’s fine, mainly because I didn’t pray to God. If I had prayed to God, I would definitely have the confidence to get full marks."

Of course, praying to God meant asking Rose for help.

If Rose spoke up, she wouldn’t even need to think, and she’d get full marks.

Unfortunately, Rose remained silent throughout her exams, only watching, without telling her if the answers were correct.

Of course, Hilia wouldn’t ask Rose about the answers to difficult questions either.

If even a small issue depended on God, what kind of Holy Daughter would she be?

A Holy Daughter is a bridge to connect with God, not a parasite relying on God!

"To celebrate finishing the written exams, let’s go out for a good meal, Anarce," Hilia suggested.

She earned 50 Gold Coins through scrolls, and another 50 Gold Coins in Frost Town from ’accepting fines,’ which she hadn’t spent yet, being busy studying without time to spend them.

Besides, she had quite a few loose Silver Coins, no longer needing to rely on the cafeteria’s free meals, she could eat out herself.

It’s not about being extravagant, just that the cafeteria’s food... wasn’t very tasty.

"Sure, let’s go, I’ll treat you." Anarce agreed happily.

"How could I let you treat me, I’ll treat you, eat as much as you want, no need to worry about anything." Hilia walked toward the school gate first.

Anarce returned to her previous self, which was great.

...

The next day.

The long-awaited practical assessment arrived.

Students who suffered through the entire day yesterday were already waiting outside the exam room, discussing who would win the crown as the top student of the year.

"There are ten classes in the first year, and there’s been no score exchange so far, so we don’t know which class is the strongest."

"I think the strongest must be the separately listed noble class; the other nine are numbered, how can any class be special like the noble class?"

"Get real, the noble class is full of young masters who couldn’t qualify to enter the school, only got in through donations."

"But even nobles who get in like that are better than us ordinary poor students, even in the first year."

"That’s true; only starting from the second year can we start pulling ahead, for now, they’re a bit better."

"Wrong, the stronger ones are the nobles in the ’ordinary class’; they’re much better than the useless ones in the noble class."

"I heard there are Holy Daughter Candidates in our batch? Then the top five of this batch are surely dominated by the Holy Daughter Candidates."

"What? Is it Holy Daughter Candidate time again? They’ll definitely dominate; these girls are gathered by the Holy Court from all over, with the highest talents. Not to mention anything else, they’ll guarantee full marks in Holy Word Skill, while we’ll be considered good with just passing."

"Truly exciting."

"..."

Hilia, dressed in a thick coat with a hood, revealing only her eyes, listened to the surrounding discussions about who was the strongest this year.

These were all first-year students here.

Senior students didn’t take exams simultaneously; some had finished, and others would start after they finished.

This situation made it so there was no barrier between surrounding students; they could speak freely, even chat with unfamiliar classmates.

She noticed someone mentioned there were ten classes in the first year, prompting her to calculate mentally.

"With around 30 students per class, there are 300 first-year students; the entire school should have about 1500 students?"

Hilia exclaimed, "That’s a lot!"

"As one of the country’s highest-level Magic Schools, 1500 isn’t much," Rose said, "My school back then, even a lesser one, had over ten thousand students."

"Ten thousand? That’s way too much." Hilia exclaimed in shock.

"Ten thousand isn’t much, after all, it’s a specialized school, unlike a comprehensive school."

"I can’t even imagine..."

Time quickly reached exam time, Hilia signed in on a wristband and waited for her number, and soon her number plate appeared.

Examination Room 10, Candidate No. 24.

"No. 24, with each round lasting three minutes, plus preparation time... It’ll probably take two hours to get to me."

Thinking it over, Hilia decided to first explore the strength of the other Holy Daughter candidates.

She began searching across the ten assessment venue.

Soon, she locked onto her first target.

One of the two other mysterious candidates was Phil Pharos.

The five Holy Daughter candidates were not in one class but scattered across nine classes.

Hilia didn’t even know which class Phil Pharos was in, and basically had no interaction with her, the only impression being she once wore a very special priest’s robe during the initial assessment.

In the Holy Court, priests are divided into many types, the most classic being those responsible for healing and judgment, named the Holy Priest and Judgement Priest, belonging to the Light Element.

Besides, there are Water Element and Nature Element priests, each with special titles and corresponding healing spells with additional healing boosts for specific illnesses and magic damage.

Priests who possess medical skills and combine magic to treat difficult and common illnesses are called Medicine Priests.

"Pharos seems to be a famous Duke, known as the guiding beacon of Ista Empire... also he is the apple of a noble family’s eye."

Phil’s exam room was No. 2, second in order, the information was directly projected in the exam room.

This exam was open to all students.

Hilia came to Exam Room 2 and found far more people watching here than elsewhere.

Hilia approached and heard everyone discussing Phil, who would appear soon.

"Phil... seems quite popular?"

Thinking this, Hilia patiently waited, and soon, she saw Phil take the stage.

White hair, red eyes, looking slightly sickly, with a bit of a weak noble lady demeanor.

"Is this Phil?"

Hilia was puzzled.

Soon, Rose’s words made her eyes widen.

"What? Phil is severely tainted by corruption?"